Living in a world, where mankind has the freedom and right to do as they please, we must have certain laws. Without these laws, the world would be an utter chaos. To have laws, you must have a government. The purpose of a government is to ensure the rights of all people to life, health, liberty, and possessions, which all humans are born equally to. In Locke's theory of government, he uses the analogy of …
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…being the Social Contract. This analogy works the same way as Locke and Rousseau's analogy did. The sock covers the feet, protecting the people, while the feet stand as the Social Contract. If the sock tears and gets a hole in it, it means that it has been worn out and that they need a new sock or government. This means that the feet would discard the sock, or government, and elect a new one.